The younger brother of the teen accused of opening fire at a Parkland, Florida, high school that left 17 people dead was taken from his home on Friday and sent to a mental health facility, according to a friend. New York Post reports that a friend of Zachary Cruz, 17, said that the teen was taken …
A 12-year-old boy was hospitalized for burns after his own father allegedly advised him to set himself on fire. According to the Associated Press, Michael Joseph Jensen, 36, of Claremore, Oklahoma, has been charged with child neglect after he allegedly gave his suicidal son advice on how to kill himself. The father is accused of …
A woman accused of hanging a 16-month-old boy in a noose and injuring others in a violent episode pleaded guilty Thursday to attempted murder, the Pioneer Press reports. Nataliia Karia, 43, of Minneapolis, faces up to 15 years in prison in connection to the incidents. All of the victims survived, although some were injured. According to …
A South Carolina prosecutor announced on Friday that a man accused of abducting a little girl after brutally beating her mother, targeted the family at random. The Post and Courier reports that Charleston’s 9th Circuit Solicitor Scarlett Wilson stated that suspect Thomas Lawton Evans kidnapped 4-year-old Heidi Todd on Tuesday after attacking her mother, Brittany Todd, did not …
A California mom who took her dog out for a walk during a Super Bowl party has not been seen since, and her family is desperate to locate her. New York Post reports Ashley Holloway, 30, stepped away from the party in east Stockton, California, to walk her dog on February 5. While the dog, Tinkerbell, …
A 21-year-old Washington State man pleaded guilty Friday to the rape and murder of a 6-year-old girl whose body was found in a muddy bog several years ago, the Kitsap Sun reports. Gabriel Gaeta, who was 17 at the time of the crime, faces 40 years to life behind bars. Authorities say Gaeta sexually assaulted …
The father of a teenage girl killed in Wednesday’s mass shooting in Parkland, Florida, expressed his shock and disbelief at his daughter’s funeral Friday, while the girl’s mother was too grief-stricken to attend. Meadow Jade Pollack , 18, was among the 17 people killed at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School on Wednesday after Nikolas Cruz, …
By MICHAEL BIESECKER and COLLIN BINKLEY, Associated Press The troubled teen authorities say killed 17 people at a Florida high school excelled in an air-rifle marksmanship program supported by a grant from the National Rifle Association Foundation, part of a multimillion-dollar effort by the gun group to support youth shooting clubs and other programs. Nikolas Cruz, …
Sunset Mesa Funeral Directors in Montrose has been accused in the past of stealing valuables, including gold fillings, from dead bodies.
As the man accused of fatally shooting a police commander earlier this week left his first court hearing on Thursday, video from inside a Cook County, Illinois, jail reportedly shows inmates clapping for him. According to the Chicago Tribune, Shomari Legghette, 44, was arriving from court where he faced charges for the shooting death Chicago police …
A woman who allegedly devised an elaborate con to swindle hundreds of thousands of dollars from victims she met online was jailed Tuesday in Nebraska for two felony counts of theft by deception. Julie Cahlaway, 38, routinely used dating websites for affluent men, as well as exotic fish forums, allegedly to locate people who would …
An Indianapolis mother was reportedly arrested on Saturday for giving her daughter a bleach-like concoction to cure her autism. The unnamed woman, 28, was accused of telling her husband that she’s been giving their daughter a combination of hydrochloric acid and a water purifying solution into her drinks. The Washington Post reported that the toxic combination is marketed …
